Any advice on purchasing a 720p or a 1080p? I am looking at a Samsung hls5686 DLP which is a 720p at $2400 or a Samsung hls5687 DLP which is a 1080p at $3000.
I am thinking of going with the 720p to save money but I don?t know if I am shortchanging myself in the long run.
If I get a HD box for cable will there be much a HD difference between the two?
TV shopping has gotten stupid confusing from what it use to be, it is almost like being back in school.
[quote]bmf_inc wrote:
Any advice on purchasing a 720p or a 1080p? I am looking at a Samsung hls5686 DLP which is a 720p at $2400 or a Samsung hls5687 DLP which is a 1080p at $3000.
I am thinking of going with the 720p to save money but I don?t know if I am shortchanging myself in the long run.
If I get a HD box for cable will there be much a HD difference between the two?
TV shopping has gotten stupid confusing from what it use to be, it is almost like being back in school.
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No difference between the two for HDTV. There will be a CONSIDERABLE difference between HD/Blu Ray DVD’s and regular DVD’s bewteen the two. Thats really the only thing that will take advantage of 1080p for the next 10 years. Video games also but not fully until the next generattion. The calim 1080p right now but arent powerful enough to give 1080p at a good framerate.
That being said the Samsung is NOT true 1080p. You will get a good picture no doubt but its not a true 1080p set.
The samsung is $2200 at Circuit City and if you do a Best Buy price match you ca get it for even less.
For under $3000 and TRUE 1080p take a look at these. The Mitsu’s are very dependable.
The 1080i has better future than the 720. If you plan on getting an Xbox360 or a PS3, the definately go for the 1080i.
Other suggested reading. Especially about the quality differences between Plasma, LCD and DLP technology. Also rates the brands and talks about HDTV.
I think i am going to go with the 720p for the following reasons:
Any faults in this logic?
[quote]bmf_inc wrote:
I think i am going to go with the 720p for the following reasons:
Any faults in this logic?[/quote]
No. For your usage it’s a wiser choice.
[quote]PGA wrote:
bmf_inc wrote:
Any advice on purchasing a 720p or a 1080p? I am looking at a Samsung hls5686 DLP which is a 720p at $2400 or a Samsung hls5687 DLP which is a 1080p at $3000.
I am thinking of going with the 720p to save money but I don?t know if I am shortchanging myself in the long run.
If I get a HD box for cable will there be much a HD difference between the two?
TV shopping has gotten stupid confusing from what it use to be, it is almost like being back in school.
No difference between the two for HDTV. There will be a CONSIDERABLE difference between HD/Blu Ray DVD’s and regular DVD’s bewteen the two. Thats really the only thing that will take advantage of 1080p for the next 10 years. Video games also but not fully until the next generattion. The calim 1080p right now but arent powerful enough to give 1080p at a good framerate.
That being said the Samsung is NOT true 1080p. You will get a good picture no doubt but its not a true 1080p set.
The samsung is $2200 at Circuit City and if you do a Best Buy price match you ca get it for even less.
For under $3000 and TRUE 1080p take a look at these. The Mitsu’s are very dependable.
How can you tell what is true 1080p and what isn’t? Or do you just know?
[quote]bmf_inc wrote:
I think i am going to go with the 720p for the following reasons:
Any faults in this logic?[/quote]
1080p will be the max and not be replaced for at least 20 years.
TV’s under 60 inches will see no benefit for anything over 1080p and most familes will never have anything over that size.
Try to hold off until next year if you can. Why? Google “laser TV”.
[quote]bmf_inc wrote:
How can you tell what is true 1080p and what isn’t? Or do you just know?[/quote]
You have to research it. Companies use smoke and mirrors about 1080p. It (most under $3000) will display at 1080p but cannot accept 1080p native and display it nativly.
http://review.zdnet.com/4520-6449_16-6361600-1.html
I personally have a Sony 55" 1080i and love it. PGA has made some good points about the 1080p.
As for waiting for next year for the latest and greatest well that seems a bit silly because if you do that then you will always be waiting.
I disagree there is a difference.
No broadcast medium is using 1080P(yet)
CBS broadcast in 1080i
NCB,ABC and Fox all broadcast in 720P
It’s unlikely the networks will sell all there crap just to upgrade to 1080P.
with that said, nothing wrong with being future proof.
I suggest if you’re going to spend that amount of money you go for a 1080i or 1080p
DLP is a good way to go…
dont get LCD
DLP or plasma (but you probably dont have the budget for plasma since you’re looking to save money)
I have a panasonic 50 inch dlp and love it.
it does 480,540,720 and 1080i
CSI in HD(1080i) kicks ass…
1 piece of advice… if you have a 20-36 inch tv now and are going to a big screen, you will experience “shrinkage”
when i first got the big screen, i was like holy shit this thing is huge… but after a few weeks, i told me wife we should have bought the 60 inch instead 
and 1 more thing to keep in mind.
when you are viewing HD over digital cable it’s NOT full resolution.
the cable company gets the signal and compress’s it and sends it over the wire…
(same for sat)
to get TRUE HD you need to get it OTA
but you’ll probably not miss it much watching on digital cable.
[quote]trailrash wrote:
http://review.zdnet.com/4520-6449_16-6361600-1.html
I personally have a Sony 55" 1080i and love it. PGA has made some good points about the 1080p.
As for waiting for next year for the latest and greatest well that seems a bit silly because if you do that then you will always be waiting. [/quote]
I only mentioned the laser TV because it’ll have 1080 resolution, last longer than the current HDTVs, and cost less. Go look and see for yourself. Of course, if I had the cash right now with all the sales soon to be coming up, I doubt I could wait either.
[quote]Doug Adams wrote:
Try to hold off until next year if you can. Why? Google “laser TV”.[/quote]
Wow! That is awesome, I am begining to see that with tvs right now there is no right answer, I think that you just buy it and not worry about it…kind of like computers.
I might just find the cheapest biggest 720p for now, but the 1080p still has me thinking…
Whats the difference between 1080p and 1080i?
[quote]trailrash wrote:
http://review.zdnet.com/4520-6449_16-6361600-1.html
I personally have a Sony 55" 1080i and love it. PGA has made some good points about the 1080p.
As for waiting for next year for the latest and greatest well that seems a bit silly because if you do that then you will always be waiting. [/quote]
This link is exactly what I needed, a clear explaination of the situation, the stores should hand these out so you know what the hell your doing in there, oh wait they would never actually want that. Thanks for the post.
It seems to make 720p look like the way to go for most people.
[quote]km02 wrote:
Whats the difference between 1080p and 1080i?[/quote]
Read the above article from the link, it has opened my eyes 
Any experience or thoughts on saving even more money and going to a CRT RP for $800-$1000. They are 1080i I think. This would be good for a few years until the laser tv comes out, maybe…?
[quote]Doug Adams wrote:
trailrash wrote:
http://review.zdnet.com/4520-6449_16-6361600-1.html
I personally have a Sony 55" 1080i and love it. PGA has made some good points about the 1080p.
As for waiting for next year for the latest and greatest well that seems a bit silly because if you do that then you will always be waiting.
I only mentioned the laser TV because it’ll have 1080 resolution, last longer than the current HDTVs, and cost less. Go look and see for yourself. Of course, if I had the cash right now with all the sales soon to be coming up, I doubt I could wait either.
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Don’t get me wrong. That wasn’t directed right at you. It was more of a general statement aimed at the idea of waiting for the next greatest thing to come out.
[quote]blitzkrg wrote:
DLP is a good way to go…
dont get LCD
DLP or plasma (but you probably dont have the budget for plasma since you’re looking to save money)
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Care to explain why you would make this statement? My thoughts on the difference is that if you like the DLP picture better than the LCD then buy that one or vice versa.